Water, water, every where,

And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

The very deep did rot :
O Christ ! That ever this should be !
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.

About, about, in reel and rout
The death-fires danced at night ;
The water, like a witch's oils,
Burnt green, and blue and white.

-- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Well that's the only literature you'll be finding around here. Some may recognise this from an Iron Maiden song, others... may not.

So not much to report, except we're now Nitrox certified. Yes nitrox. For those not up with the lingo, this is a small summary:

"Nitrox refers to any gas mixture composed (excluding trace gases) of nitrogen and oxygen; this includes normal air which is approximately 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, with around 1% other gases. The most common use of nitrox mixtures containing higher than normal levels of oxygen is in SCUBA diving where the reduced percentage of nitrogen is advantageous in reducing nitrogen take up in the body's tissues and so extending the possible dive time and/or reducing the risk of decompression sickness (also known as the bends)."

For those who are more interested you can go here for a fairly lengthy explanation.

So... more pictures I guess. We've dived with a whole ton of sea urchins. They look black when they're on the bottom, but when you light them up with a strobe they're an amazing red...

This is another cool looking nudibranch....


This is a puffer or porcupine fish. I think. Thank the wonders of RAW format for these pictures, as I'm still fine tuning my use of the strobe...


I guess this is some kind of sea anemone. They look very plant like, but are actually animals. They sting too, so no touchy touchy.

I think these are squid eggs attached to whatever the anemone is sitting on.

Another nudibranch. These little guys make good subjects for my poor technique, as they don't move very quickly.


I dunno what this is. But it looks cool.


Under this rock is some kind of crab/prawn/lobster thing.


Living in some of the hard corals there are what look like bivalve molluscs. If you tap near them they close up like a clam.


Speaking of clams, check out this fella!


Well that's it for today. Tomorrow will be our last day of diving here I think. No idea how much $$ we've spent, don't want to think about it.

Monday we WERE going to climb the mountain, but it's fully booked. Hmm.